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 Fencing Rules - The Target at Foil 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1. The Target

 
  1. Limitation of the Target

t.47

At foil, only hits which arrive on the target are counted as valid. The target at foil excludes the limbs and the head. It is confined to the trunk, the upper limit being the collar up to 6cm above the prominences of the collar bones; at the sides to the seams of the sleeves, which should cross the head of the humerus; and the lower limit following a horizontal line across the back joining the tops of the hip bones, thence by straight lines to the junction of the lines of the groin (see Figure).

Valid Target at Foil

 
  1. Hits off the Target

t.48

A hit which is made on a part of the body other than the target (whether directly or as a result of a parry) is not counted as a valid hit, but stops the phrase and therefore annuls all hits which are scored thereafter (but cf. t.49 Extension of the Valid Target)

 
  1. Extension of the Valid Target

t.49

However, hits which arrive off the target are counted as valid whenever, by reason of an abnormal position, the fencer has substituted this non-valid target for the valid target. The Referee may question the judges about this, but alone must decide whether the hit is valid or not.

   
FIE  t.47-49